I conduct comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations for children and adults presenting with a range of neurocognitive disorders as well as academic/professional and social related problems. It is important to me to work with families to develop comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations. Typically, these evaluations include an interview and questionnaires with parents and other significant caregivers and teachers, observation of the child in multiple contexts, and state-of-the-art instruments. In conducting analyses, I aim to not simply looking at test scores and diagnostic criteria, but also evaluate how a child chose an answer or made an error or managed frustration/boredom or interacted with others. This gives me a deeper understanding of how kids attend to, interpret, and assimilate information from their dynamic environment .
If you would like to schedule the evaluation, we would schedule a few types of meetings:
- Intake – During this time, we will discuss what you hope to get out of an evaluation and what kind of steps we should take to make sure the evaluation is meaningful and specific to you/your child.
- Classroom observation – As kids spend so much time in schools, I think it’s important to schedule an observation of her classroom if possible. This is a step only for school-aged patients.
- Neuropsychological testing – During the evaluation, we will analyze an individual’s abilities in several domains, including cognitive, academic, attentional, executive functioning, memory/learning, psychosocial, and visual domains. I cannot list all of the tests that I would administer, as I will individualize the administration to fit a person’s needs.
- Feedback session – After all the data has been collected, we would schedule a feedback session to go over the findings.
- Review report – I will send you a report describing everything that is done with recommendations for next steps.
- Additional meetings – This can include meetings with teachers, schools, lawyers, and therapists (etc!) who may need to better understand the evaluation.